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Command Line Interface User’s Guide
■ Assign a drive letter. See Chapter 6, Working with Container
Attributes, for a description of how to assign a drive letter.
Creating Multi-level Volume Sets
A multi-level volume set is a container whose top level container is a
volume set. You can create the following types of multi-level volume
sets:
■ A volume set of stripe sets
■ A volume set of mirror sets
■ A volume set of RAID-5 sets
■ A volume set of volume sets
Creating a Volume Set of Stripe Sets
A volume set of stripe sets is a multi-level container made up of a
top-level volume set and one or more underlying stripe sets. Each
stripe set is made up of equal-sized partitions on separate disks. See
the Flexible Array Storage Tool User’s Guide for a description of
volume set of stripe sets and other container concepts.
To work with a volume set of stripe sets, you must understand:
■ The volume set of stripe set attributes you can specify
■ How to create a volume set of stripe sets
■ Volume set of stripe set creation in a NetWare environment
■ Volume set of stripe set creation in a UNIX environment
■ Some tasks to perform after creating a volume set of stripe sets
The following sections discuss each of these topics.
Understanding the Volume Set of Stripe Sets Attribute You can Specify
You use the container create mvolume command to create a
volume set of stripe sets. Before creating a volume set of stripe sets,
consider the following volume set of stripe sets attribute you can
specify:
■ container label